American Idol Season 11 Winner

Today is the day. Either Jessica Sanchez or Phillip Phillips will become victorious and be named as the new American Idol. I was never a fan of American Idol. What I mean is, I have not watched the previous seasons and I am also not familiar with who the previous contestants and winners were. I did not start watching this season when it started airing either. So what made me watch American Idol lately?

I have to admit that I am a facebook person. So my day starts by browsing thru facebook and reading some interesting news that some of my network of friends have shared on their walls. To make the long story short, I came upon a post saying that a contestant in American Idol who has Filipino blood is one of the contestants and is apparently doing well. I saw a video of her singing a Whitney Houston song (I love Whitney!). So that caught my attention and I decided to watch the show one night. I started watching during the time when Colton was eliminated. From then on, I have not missed an episode.

I was just glad Jessica was saved by the judges when she was supposed to be voted out already, and I do believe they made the right move. She has great talent. I am just disappointed though, that Joshua did not make it to the finals. I would have preferred to see him compete against Jessica in the finale.

Only a few hours left and I can't wait to see the results on TV later. Although I want Jessica to win, the decision still lies on how the people voted. Read full post...

Keep Your Head in the Clouds and Your Feet on the Ground ~ unknown

I was inspired to find a quote because I felt I was judged wrongly by someone who was not identified to me by the person who passed the message. Apparently this person is a listed friend on my Facebook account and made a comment about one wall post I made. He or she had the impression that I have changed a lot.

Now why am I reacting to this comment from a person whose identity remains anonymous to me? Simply because this person apparently does not know me that well to make a comment that I have changed. What he or she saw was a post I made on FB out of frustration on proofreading an article. However, this person is not with me when I wake up in the morning, when I go to work, when I deal with my employees, when I stay up late at night to work, when I work on weekends, when I play, when I go out with my friends, when I go on a vacation with my family, and practically when I do things which I prefer to keep private.

As you can see, I also prefer not to tell the world when I do something to help those who need help. These are apparently the things that this person has not seen but he or she has the guts to judge me that I have changed.

FYI: That is why there is something written there on the wall post “What’s on your mind?” – the purpose is for me to write what is on my mind. Now, if I am frustrated to proofread what I have been proofreading.. is it bad to express what is on my mind??? And is that how you would base your understanding of my total personality? Honestly, it makes me think.. when was the last time you saw me? When was the last time we talked? What do you know about me? Do you even know half of my life history? Or where were you during my times of struggle?

I guess I can say that the ones who can totally give an honest comment if I have changed are my parents. They have been there from the day I was born and they are the only ones who would know how much I have changed and if I have kept my feet on the ground. Read full post...

Farmtown and Farmville: Two of the Most Popular Games Played in Facebook

Before I got hooked on Facebook, there was Friendster. I never expected Facebook to offer surprising features for their users. My first impression was “ah just another social networking site”. Several months after registering an account, I realized I was wrong. Facebook developed several features like the applications, picture tagging, video sharing, fan page, groups, etc. which made it a very interesting social networking site.

Slowly, I drifted away from my Friendster account. I barely access my Friendster account now and would only open it if I get notified thru my email that I have a message waiting to be read.

So yeah I admit I got hooked to Facebook now. One of the major reasons is the fun games that I can play on Facebook. As far as I can recall, among the very first games that I played on facebook was Word Challenge. Then there was also Tower Bloxx, and Bowling Buddies. I am not really into playing all those games. I do it to relax and exercise my brain.

One thing I noticed though is that there are quite a number of games on Facebook in which the theme is about farming. So I am just curious, why are there millions of people all over the world who are so hooked to these farming games? Could it be because most of us cannot own a real farm? Farmtown and Farmville are amongst the most popular of them and I can attest to that since my friends, young and old alike, play these games.

Why are these games addicting when in fact the players get nothing like a reward from it. Well I guess the real reward would come when your friends see how you are able to beautifully decorate your farm right? I have not played Farmtown and Farmville yet (but I play barn buddy – another farming game), but my nephew does and it is only one of the many games that he plays on Facebook. Yeah he is turning 7 this November and he has his own FB account. My sister created an account for him since he used to access it using the account of his father and he could not play as much as he wants as he cannot publish his accomplishments in the games he play (the boss of his father might think he is not doing his work).

What about you? What games do you play? Read full post...